JUST WATCHED

Should southern Army bases be renamed?

MUST WATCH

Warren made the comments in response to questions from reporters about the Army having in the past named several bases in the South after Confederate generals.

Army Brig. Gen. Malcolm B. Frost, chief of public affairs, said the naming of these bases "occurred in the spirit of reconciliation, not division."

Read More

He also said that "Every Army installation is named for a soldier who holds a place in our military history. Accordingly, these historic names represent individuals, not causes or ideologies."

There are 10 U.S. military bases that are named after Confederate figures:

Fort Lee

Fort Hood

Fort Benning

Fort Gordon

Fort Bragg

Fort Polk

Fort Pickett

Fort A.P. Hill

Fort Rucker

Camp Beuregard

Photos:Evolution of the Confederate flag

Photos:Evolution of the Confederate flag

A decade after the end of the Civil War, a veteran of the Confederate States of America examines a Union water bottle in front of a Confederate flag in 1875. Here's a look at the evolution of that flag.

Hide Caption

1 of 6

Photos:Evolution of the Confederate flag

The first national flag of the Confederate States of America was created in 1861 and had seven stars to represent the breakaway states of South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas.

Hide Caption

2 of 6

Photos:Evolution of the Confederate flag

The second National Flag of the Confederacy was issued by the Confederate Congress on May 1, 1863. This flag was designed to have a distinct difference from the Union's Stars and Stripes.

Hide Caption

3 of 6

Photos:Evolution of the Confederate flag

The third National Flag of the Confederacy was the final flag of the Confederate government and was adopted on March 4, 1865. The flag was not used long before the Confederacy surrendered.

Hide Caption

4 of 6

Photos:Evolution of the Confederate flag

The Confederate Battle flag known as the "Southern Cross" has 13 stars to represent the defeated Confederate States of America.

Hide Caption

5 of 6

Photos:Evolution of the Confederate flag

Dixiecrats resurrected the "Southern Cross" flag as a political symbol around the time President Harry Truman supported efforts to end lynchings and desegregate the military in 1948. During that same period, the Ku Klux Klan began using the flag more widely.

Hide Caption

6 of 6

The debate about Confederate symbols comes after a shooting in a Charleston, South Carolina, church that left nine African-Americans dead.

The alleged gunman appeared in photos holding a Confederate flag before the massacre last Thursday.

Since the debate began, Walmart, Amazon, eBay and Sears announced bans on the sale of Confederate flag merchandise.

Additionally, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley ordered that four Confederate flags be taken down from a Confederate memorial at the state capitol.